To the family of kurts are semi-shrubs with beautiful graceful flowers - periwinkle small.
It is also called ivy, green and even coffin grass.
The magical and medicinal properties of plants have gained fame in folk medicine.
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The name "periwinkle" originated from the Ukrainian language and literally means "bright wreath".
Indeed, the plant blooms with delicate lilac flowers.
Among its advantages - rapid adaptation to any living conditions, unfading foliage and medicinal properties.
About drug use vinca knew many centuries ago.
He was even endowed with magic power and was worn as a talisman protecting from evil sorcerers.
European girls used a flower for fortune telling and nicknamed it violet wool. If someone was sentenced to death, then before they were killed, they threw the petrel of the periwinkle into the boiling bacon.
The petal lies - the condemned is not to blame;bounces off the scraping oil - the perpetrator is burned at the stake.
With the help of hanging before the home bouquets, the Alpians defended themselves against lightning.
Ukrainian brides wore lilac wreaths on their heads, and the newly minted newlyweds were showered with petals, wishing them happiness and longevity.
In the 18th century, the vincer's ability to calm and reduce high blood pressure( about the symptoms and treatment of kidney folk remedies is written in this article) was discovered.
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Secrets of the billet
With medicinal purposes, the periwinkles are collected in small quantities in May-June, when it blooms and fructifies.
For harvesting not only take flowers, but also leaves and stems of the plant. Escape should be cut, and not pulled out with roots, otherwise periwinkle will perish.
Extraneous processes, wilted leaves are removed, then the raw materials are dried in the open air. It's best to put it on gauze laid on the grass.
The drying takes no more than seven days, if the weather is good. If it rains, the periwinkle is laid out in rooms that are constantly ventilated, or outdoors under a canopy.
The ready-made raw materials do not smell, but it tastes bitter. The grass is placed in a glass container and stored for two years. Periwinkle is a poisonous plant of , so you have to be careful with it.
Useful composition
As a part of vincid small very many useful acids:
- amber,
- ursolic,
- apple.
The plant is saturated with vitamin C , carotene, tannins.
Alkaloids, of which more than 20 species, stop the growth of malignant tumors.
The action of cardiac glycosides is directed to the treatment of atrial fibrillation by folk remedies.
Pectin removes the poison from the body and lowers cholesterol.
Spheres of application
Periwinkle dilates blood vessels of the brain and heart, causes uterine contractions, relieves musculature of the intestine.
Folk healers apply the plant for pain relief, treatment of bronchitis, migraine, malaria, elimination of bad breath.
Periwinkle is used to get rid of male impotence( the prescriptions for treating impotence of nettle are published here), easing the symptoms of colds. With its help and diabetes diabetes .
External application helps to stop bleeding.
Inflammation of the mouth is removed by rinsing, and lotions with healing herbs are applied to wounds and eczema.
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Among the medicinal abilities of vinca are as follows:
- supplies oxygen to the brain;
- improves heart function;
- tones up the veins;
- relieves spasms of the muscular arteries;
- fights harmful microbes;
- binds with diarrhea( help compote of dried fruits);
- has a diuretic effect.
The plant is used for the treatment of eye diseases( eye surgery for hyperopia), especially if there is a vasospasm or blood flow in the retina.
Barvinok copes with:
- with osteochondrosis,
- with a child's neuritis of the facial nerve,
- restores the brain after suffering injuries and diseases( signs of a micro stroke).
Among the diseases for which treatment is directed the action of the medicinal plant:
- sensorineural hearing loss;
- vasomotor rhinitis;
- myeloma;
- leukemia;
- is a neurogenic tachycardia;
- Hodgkin's disease.
These and other complex diseases are treated with the use of drugs, which include a periwinkle( Winkamin, Devinkan , etc.).
Women use the plant to prepare a decoction. With his help, they improve the complexion, return the skin firmness and velvety.
Traditional medicine tips
Traditional medicine recipes using vinca are very many.Here are the main and most effective of them.
Stop internal bleeding helps the broth, for the preparation of which you need:
- herb with flowers( 30 grams),
- boiling water( 350 ml).
Boil the periwinkle under a closed lid in a water bath for 10 minutes.
After cooling it is passed through cheesecloth.
Take, three times a day for half a cup.
This broth is moistened also by external wounds:
ulcers, reddening of the skin with dermatitis.
You will need:
- 200 ml of water and a tablespoon of chopped leaves.
Boil for 20 minutes, cool, pass through gauze, then add another glass of cooled boiled water.
Take one third of the glass three times a day.
This broth will help to cope with:
- constipation,
- hypertension,
- tuberculosis,
- bronchitis,
- sexual impotence,
- colitis( about the diet read here),
- relieve toothache,
- accelerate the metabolism,
- slow the development of cancer.
Decoction is used and externally: it is rubbed on the skin in cases of dermatosis. To treat the sore throat they rinse their throat.
For rinsing and combating gum diseases periwinkle is boiled on wine or milk in calculation:
- 10 grams of the plant for 2 cups of liquid.
Boil for 10 minutes, then leave to stand for another 20 minutes.
After straining, squeeze well, add boiled wine / milk to make 200 ml of decoction.
They are treated and asthma.
Purulent wounds on the skin of are cleaned and tightened with tincture of vinca:
- 1 tbsp.l. Herbs pour 200 ml of boiling water.
Do not remove from the plate, insist about five minutes, then cool, pass through gauze and apply to the wound.
Men are recommended to drink tincture of vinca at impotence. For its preparation take:
- 100 grams of the plant,
- is infused for 14 days per 500 ml of alcohol( 40%).
From time to time, shake the container with tincture.
Drink 5 drops mixed with one tablespoon of water twice a day, preferably in the morning and at bedtime.
The course of treatment of is 4 days.
After two days of rest, repeat the course.
It is recommended to complete 3 courses of treatment.
This recipe is also suitable for getting rid of migraines.
Patients with cancer diseases funds based on vinca help to slow down the growth of tumors( use of wax moths for cancer).For preparation take:
- blossoming shoots of vinca( 50 grams),
- insist on vodka( half liter) for 7 days, in a warm place.
Each day, the container is shaken.
After a week, tincture is filtered, squeezed out the leftovers and drink, twice a day, 5-7 drops before eating.
Must be washed down with water .
Cure with leukemia and lymphatic leukemia helps the next infusion:
- grass vinca( teaspoon) is poured with boiling water( 200 ml),
- is infused for 20 minutes under the closed lid,
- The medication is taken before meals, up to three times a day, on a tablespoon.
If furuncles were formed on the skin, they are treated with vintoy vintoy tincture. Prepare as follows:
- fall asleep half a liter jar with vinca leaves for one quarter,
- is poured with vodka( half a liter),
- tightly closes the container with a lid,
- is placed in a place where sunlight does not penetrate.
After 9 days, the medicine is taken out and washed by boils 2-3 times a day.
For the treatment of diathesis , children use an ointment prepared from vinca leaves:
- 9 sheets are rubbed in the palms and added melted butter( a tablespoon),
- is re-heated,
- is cooled for a quarter of an hour,
- is passed through cheesecloth.
The mixture treats the places of redness.
To normalize the increased pressure of it is possible with the help of a complex of herbs, among which there is also periwinkle:
- periwinkle and mistletoe white( photo) - on a tablespoon;
- Valerian officinalis( instruction on the use of tinctures for children is written here) two tablespoons without top;
- hawthorn( 3 spoons).
All finely crumbled, mixed, poured boiling water from the calculation:
- tablespoon collection + 2 cups of boiling water,
- infused for an hour,
- filtered.
The collection is drunk about a month, three times a day, 1/3 cup every hour after a meal.
After finishing the course, in order to maintain the effect, the infusion is taken for 10 days of each month.
Danger when using
Periwinkle small - plant from poisonous .It can be used, especially, inside, only with the appointment of a doctor and in strictly observed dosages.
Abuse of the plant can lead to unfortunate consequences. Women waiting for a child, take a periwinkle, absolutely, it is impossible.A well-known folk healer discovers in the proposed video the secrets of making tinctures and applying a small vinca small.